Edinburgh reporter Yutsil Martinez captures the emotions during the Edinburgh Castle celebrations just a few minutes before the Olympic flame arrives at the scene. listen to ‘Edinburgh castle report’ on Audioboo continue reading

Interview with Gordon Howells, a local resident of the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh, minutes before the Olympic torch passes by his home. listen to ‘Interview with Gordon Howells, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh’ on Audioboo continue reading

Interview with Nutan Bala, who runs a pop-up cafe on the route of the torch in Bruntsfield, Edinburgh. listen to ‘Interview with Nutan Bala, who runs a pop-up cafe on the route of the torch in Bruntsfield, Edinburgh’ on Audioboo continue reading

Edinburgh reporters have talked to people from all around the globe, visiting Edinburgh on the day when the Olympic torch passed through its streets. A Los Angeles perspective: A view from an Indian tourist: Finally, a local view on the lack of information about the events at the city center: continue reading

The Olympic torch relay has passed through Edinburgh on the 13th of June and the #CitizenRelay reporters have caught the atmosphere on the Royal Mile a few hours before the celebrations. A big concert was planned for the night to celebrate the torch relay in front of Edinburgh Castle and our reporters were there to... continue reading

Another busy day on Citizen Relay - today the torch covered a very populous area and ended up in the capital. Lots of fantastic content has been produced today by all of our reporters, and this Storify represents only a slice of that. Please explore the hashtags and citizenrelay.net for more! continue reading

#CitizenRelay is a participatory project which relies on the involvement of people from across Scotland to effectively report on the untold local stories and creative ways that Scotland’s citizens are interacting with the Olympic Games. We will be following the Olympic torch in the #citizenrelay bus from the 7th June onwards as it makes its way through Scotland. Read more details here.

We have recruited interns across Scotland to help us manage teams of citizen reporters based in hubs around the activity points of the torch relay, we also are on the look out for stories and leads, individuals and communities, organisations and physical spaces to join us in the story-telling process on and off the route. If you are interested or have an idea to share, get in touch.